Jazz Performers Inspired by Poetry
On Wednesday, April 10, an audience packed the Neuberger Museum of Art’s Center Gallery to hear jazz musicians interpret the poetry of Kevin Young.
Poetry in Sound, a combo comprised of Jazz students from the Conservatory of Music, composed pieces based on the poetry of Kevin Young and performed them as Young recited the poems.
Young, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and poetry editor of the New Yorker, was this year’s Roy & ShirleyDurst Distinguished Chair in Literature.
Kevin Young Poetry in Sound event
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Jazz performers at Kevin Young Poetry in Sound Event, April 10, 2019
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Jazz performers at Kevin Young Poetry in Sound Event, April 10, 2019
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Jazz performers at Kevin Young Poetry in Sound Event, April 10, 2019
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Jazz performers at Kevin Young Poetry in Sound Event, April 10, 2019
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Kevin Young
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Jazz performers at Kevin Young Poetry in Sound Event, April 10, 2019
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Jazz performers at Kevin Young Poetry in Sound Event, April 10, 2019
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Kevin Young, Tony Domestico, and Pete Malinverni
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Jazz performers at Kevin Young Poetry in Sound Event, April 10, 2019
Jazz performers:
- Kareem Matcham, piano
- Clayton Thompson, bass
- John Hasselback, III, trumpet
- Kendric McCallister, tenor saxophone
- Joshua Simpson, drums
- Samara McLendon, voice
All Durst Lectures are made possible by the Roy and Shirley Durst Distinguished Chair in Literature Endowment.